Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Dutch Flower Power

In the Netherlands, they take their cycling seriously. One cycle-related bone of contention, however, is the obstructing of views from Amsterdam's canal bridges, by people chaining their parked machines to the railings. The Dutch being Dutch are trying to use Psychology to change such behaviour. Rather than simply putting notices up banning the activity (as would happen in the UK), they are attaching boxes for floral displays to the railings (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/20/amsterdam-canal-views-blighted-by-bikes-say-authorities). This, they hope, will convince people to park their bikes elsewhere. To facilitate that behaviour they are also converting some of the adjacent car parking slots into bicycle stands. It's all good, 'green' stuff!

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